Smt Amita Pandove took oath as Information Commissioner, Central Information

Commission (CIC) by the Chief Information Commissioner, Shri Bimal Julka. With
her induction, the total number of Information Commissioners in the Central
Information Commission including Chief Information Commissioner has gone up to
7.
According to rules, the CIC and ICs are appointed by the President on the
recommendation of a committee consisting of the Prime Minister as its head, the
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and a Union cabinet minister to be nominated by
the Prime Minister.
2 - Sanjay Kumar Panda appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Turkey

Shri Sanjay Kumar Panda, presently Consulate General of India, San Francisco
was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Turkey. He
replaced Sanjay Bhattacharya.
Panda will be responsible for handling India-Turkey relations that are under strain,
at present. Turkey criticized India after communal riots in Delhi. India cautioned
Ankara against encouraging cross-border terrorism and refrained Turkey from
commenting on the internal affairs of the country.
3 - Ajay Bhushan Pandey appointed as new Finance Secretary

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet appointed the current Revenue

Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey as the new Finance Secretary. He replaced the
current Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar. He has served as GSTN Chairman and as
CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
Special Secretary in the Department of Revenue Girish Chandra Murmu was
appointed as new Expenditure Secretary. Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was
appointed as additional secretary in the Department of Telecommunications.
4 - Nokia announced Pekka Lundmark as its new President & CEO
Nokia's Board of Directors appointed Pekka Lundmark as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Nokia. He replaced Rajeev Suri who will serve as the President
& CEO of Nokia till August 31, 2020. Lundmark is currently President and CEO of
Fortum, a leading energy company based in Espoo, Finland.
Prior to Fortum, Lundmark served as President and CEO of Konecranes, a global
material-handling technology leader, and from 1990-2000 he held multiple executive
positions at Nokia, including Vice President of Strategy and Business Development
at Nokia Networks.
5 - Shivakumar and Anil Chaudhary appointed as chiefs of Karnataka and
Delhi units for Congress

The Congress party appointed new chiefs for its Karnataka and Delhi units. While
senior leader DK Shivakumar was appointed as its Karnataka unit chief, former
MLA Anil Chaudhary was appointed to lead the Delhi state unit.
Shivakumar replaced Dinesh Gundu Rao and Mr Chaudhary took charge from
Subhash Chopra. Congress has also appointed Abhishek Dutt, Shivani Chopra,
Jaikishan, Mudit Agarwal and Ali Hassan as vice-presidents of the Delhi Pradesh
Congress Committee.